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copied!<p>This is a technique I've used for years to receive network data and use it in my GUI (dialog, form etc).</p> <pre><code> public delegate void mydelegate(Byte[] message); public ReceiveEngineCS(String LocalIpIn, String ReceiveFromIp, mydelegate d) { this.m_LocalIpIn = LocalIpIn; this.m_ReceiveFromIp = ReceiveFromIp; m_MainCallback = d; SetupReceive(); m_Running = true; //Create the Track receive thread and pass the parent (this) m_RtdirReceiveThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(MessageRecieveThread)); m_RtdirReceiveThread.Start(this); } private void MessageRecieveThread(System.Object obj) { ReceiveEngineCS parent = (ReceiveEngineCS)obj; while(parent.m_Running) { Byte[] receiveBytes = new Byte[1500]; try { receiveBytes = parent.m_ClientReceiver.Receive(ref parent.ipEndPoint); parent.ThreadOutput(receiveBytes); } catch ( Exception e ) { parent.StatusUpdate(e.ToString()); } } } public void ThreadOutput(Byte[] message) { m_MainCallback(message); } public partial class SystemMain : Form { //Local Class Variables Network.ReceiveEngineCS SystemMessageReceiver; private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Load up the message receiver SystemMessageReceiver = new Network.ReceiveEngineCS(localAddy, fromAddy, new mydelegate(LocalDelegate)); } public void LocalDelegate(Byte[] message) { if (Form.ListView.InvokeRequired) { //External call: invoke delegate Form.ListView.Invoke(new mydelegate(this.LocalDelegate), message); } else { //Get the Packet Header Formats.PacketHeaderObject ph = new Formats.PacketHeaderObject(message); //Update or Add item to Specific ListView ... update views } } } </code></pre> <p>The Receiver takes in anywhere between 10 and 100 real-time messages a second and often more.</p> <p>I've been doing research lately into .Net 4.0 and C# and noticed many other similar ways to do this data processing ,such as Worker Threads, and other ways of using the Delegate and Invoke.</p> <p>My question... Is there a more efficient way in the newer .Net Libraries (3.5, 4.0 etc) to do this data receive / GUI updating?</p> <p>I think this method isn't working as well with C#.</p> <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>

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